[Prevention of pneumococcal disease in Brazil].

نویسنده

  • Gabriel Oselka
چکیده

* Professor Associado, Departamento de Pediatria da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Nesta edição do Jornal de Pediatria, NascimentoCarvalho e cols.1 apresentam o resultado de estudo que avalia as cepas invasivas de pneumococo, isoladas de pacientes com menos de 20 anos de idade, e Lucarevschi e cols.2 apresentam dados sobre a colonização de orofaringe por Streptococcus pneumoniae em crianças de creche municipais de Taubaté, SP. Nos dois estudos, é apresentada correlação entre os sorotipos isolados e os representados na vacina conjugada heptavalente contra o pneumococo (VCP7V), recentemente licenciada no Brasil. A concordância entre os sorotipos presentes na vacina e os isolados nos dois estudos foi de 67,2% e 63%, respectivamente.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Jornal de pediatria

دوره 79 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003